panama city. >> yeah. but we begin with doug in the storm centercenter. there's not a lot of wet here yet. >> it is weaken, now at 125 miles per hour. that's a category 3. m it'sing land fall or coming into georgia or alabama as a cat 3. that could be one of the strongest hurricanes they've ever s nhere, and in this area, we've seen a ton of damage around the panama city beach area, you see that right here, where the eye came onshore. there's been a lot of reports fr, the area mexico beach and anama city beach, incredible damage there, now the storm moving north. with a little bit more on what's happening in panama city, we go toay gray now live. >> reporter: good evening. for the first time in hours, we are getting a breakrom what's been driving rains herement it's still spitting ates tbut nothing like we've seen throughout the day for hours. sillnificant winds as well, and while this storm is moving inland, michael is still unleashing its furry here.

florida's panhandle under siege. hurricane michael, mostor powerl on record to hit the region, slamming into the coast. >> hurricane michael is upon us. now'she time to seek refuge. >> reporter: the catastrophic storm with triple threat. rodangerous storm surge, up to 14 feetjected along the coastline. destructive winds as high as 150 miles per hour, carrying buildings and knocking out power. and treorrential rainfall causi flooding. >> hurricane michael is a hurricane of the worst kind. >> reporter: with the storm tracking inland, georgia declared a state of emergency and in the carolinas, dreading michael's arrival. >> north carolina is staring down another powerful hurricane. less than a month after hurricane florencete bd our state. >> reporter: the life threatening storm putting the entire southeast on alert.

and a live look at what continues to be hug swells out here, just off the shoreline. we've seen this sort of building and tearing apart throughout the day. it's norma as the storm moves inlistened, it's a lot of trouble in the next several that's the latest live here in panama city beach, florida. jay gray. back to you now. the national hurricane center's now reporting a storm surge of nearly 8 feet in ports of the sunshine state. michael has knocked out power to more than 300,000 custome in florida, georgia, and alabama, and nbc news has team of reporters dealing with all the lements, and in some cases, struggling to stay upright and safe. >> reporter: it's like an airplane taking off. >> reporter: wow. thank you. thank you.

>> know that we take a lot of pr autions and take safety first. i'll stand here as long as it tas them to put the mattress in front of the window. you know, we want to be on the air, but we've got to take care of each other. >> staying safe is a toppr rity, of course. this is what all eyes are on this afternoon. we'll continue to bring you updates throughout t next hour. back to you. >> thank you. of course, we are tra ing michael 24/7. follow the storm's path by downloading the free nbc washinunon app. stay for updates right here on news 4. wendy? >> here at home, foleewing of testimony, dozens of witnesses, the prosecution has now rested its case in the d.c. mansion murders trial, and it is now in theeands of efense who wasted no time calling a crucial s,witn daron wint, the only person charged in the brutal killings of three family

members and their housekeeper in the district. news 4 meagan fitzgerald reports from the courthouse. >> reporter: in a surprising move, the defse called daron wint, the only suspect in the case. they hope he proves the case they laid out in openi statements. they argue that wint's brothers used h blue vano drive to d.c. where they murdered the family and tricked daron into coming to the house to pick up his car. to explain that argument, wint told jurors that he asked him to van in the early morning hours of may 13th for $300. that's the sam day three family members and their housekeeper werehostage. he agreed, and he was dropped off at a iend's house in d.c. as he waited for his brother's b return he never did. the next morning, he showed up in the family's blue porsche, and took him to the mansion where he said he was doing work.

when he arrived, he ate a piece of steal pizza in the room of the home. he was asked to put on a construction vest and hard hat because he's going to steal items from the house. wint threw the hard iat down the garage, refused, walking to the bus stop. minutes later, he'sp picked by his brother who drives him back to maryland, all the while wint is pleading with him to give him back his van. >> reporter: now, keep in mind, he w dna and hair was recovered from a hard hat, and he did not know, though, he insisted he didn't know how his dna got on that knife that was propping open a basement window in the house. he maintained he was only in the one section o first level of the home. coming up at 6:00, dan describes to the jurors how his blue van was burned and how he was able to access thousands of dollarssh in

backo you. >> thank you. thank you, meagan. new details into the o newsrothe man's alleged plot to blow himself up on the national mall. nbc news is reporting that the man was building a functional 200 pound bomb in his home in hudson valley, new york. nbc's new york's chopper flew over the house of paul roadenfeld today. federal court documents allege he told a reporter in pennsylvania he planned to blow himself up on the national mall because he was angry about what he said was the country's direction. thorities say it looks like he was acting alone, and he had no plans to hurt other people. an international crisis with a dnect connect to washington. udi arabia journalist is believed to have been murdered. he wrote for"the washington

post," columns critical of the saudi vernment. surveillance video shows him entering the saudi consulate in turkey. oday, president trump said h needed to know the where abouts. >> people saw him go in, but neve come ou as we understand it. we'll take a serious look at it. it's a terrible thing. >> reporter: concerns are felt in d.c. today as news 4's chris gordon explains that supporters protested outside the saudi embassy for answers into his di. concern is growing for ng ssi "washington post" journalist, a frequent critic of saudi arabia. this camera picture showi him entering the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkeytu day, to get papers allowing him to marry his fiance. she waited, but has not seen him

since. the exetive director of care of the counsel on american-islamic relations says they've been close friends for 25 years. >>od forbid, if he was killed, if he was tortured, this is an attack on all of us, an attack on turkey. serenity, on the protocols of diplomacy, an attack on the u.s. >> reporter: he was granted asylum in the united states last december and has been living in northern virginia. >> there's leaked reports from the turkish government that he was murdered and dismembered in that consulate. now, consulates are places, sovereign places in which to do business. not crimes. >> being a journalist isot a crime. >> reporter: protestersin demonstr in front of the embassy in northwest washington, taking tur f readim his columns. in the coming days, these protesters hope to go to the white house and the s u.s.te department demanding action and

answers to the question, what happened to "washington post" columnist? reporting from the embassy of saudi arabiawe nor washington, chris gordon, news 4. >> they adopted a t name f demonstration of support for the iajournalist on smedia called #justiceforjamal. not a good day to look at your 401(k) because the dow tanked closing off down 800 points. it's the worstin finish february. tech stocks hit the hardest, worst day for them in seven years. analysts sayhe overall market drop was based on fears because of the rising interest rates. forbess amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos lost $5 billion and warren buffet lost $3 million. this loss is due to the tradete ions going on over tariffs. coming up, a little girl

abducted and sexual assaulted on the way to school. the crime shook the people in a neighborhood. ahead a 5:00, what were learning, though, about the suspect, and how police were able to track him down. and new pictures of the damage from hurricane michael continuing to come in, the continuing to come in, the impact and the beginnings of the

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>> more live pictures as we continue to follow the track of hurricane michael, still a category 3. look at the destruction, the devastation on the left hand side and the radar to your right, georgia is getting walloped as we eak. we have an update on breaking news in the area. a man is killed in an accident at the columbi pike metro station. we just arrived at the station, and, mark, the m fell down an escalator, he was in a wheelchair, is that right?

>> reporter: that' told by the metro official. this is the scene now, as you said, the columbiaeights metro station, looking at metro transit, detectives and officers here conducting their investigation, taking asurements on the escalator. look over here now. this is the elevator, according to officials, the man in the wheelchair tried to get on that elevator, but seen on the hevideo pushing button several times, waiting about 15, 20s secondor it to arrive. when it did no the man took his wheelchair back here, got on to the escalator going up, and at some point as that was going up, his wheelchair fell backwards, a spokesperson for the d.c. fire department said they arrived at 1:30 this afternoon, transported the man to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. again, this is under invest ation. from aappearances, it seems like an accident here. this man, again, trying to go up theat esc while in a wheelchair. that's the latest from columbia heights >> a lot of people can understand his frustration with the elevators that often don't

come in a timely fashion. thank you, mark. silenced today from the man who accused of brutallyac ang a woman and sexually assaulting a little girlesrday in woodbridge. adam seth walter refused to speak in court today, sit hunched over in a wheelchair while the judge read the many chars against him. our northern virginia reporter is learning more about the suspect and the police chief that is now weighing in on ts case. >> reporter: neighbors disturbed to learn a familiar face may have been connected to a brutal >> thinking, oh, no. >> reporter: this neighbor, not showing his face, saidet adam walter rarely interacted with others here. >> walk in, and didn't even say hi. >> rep tter:s is him? >> yes. >> reporter: she says she shares this town home with walter and m,s father, adding, when i

interacted with never had problems with him, she says. walter is accused of a violent attack, grabbing anr- 11d girl as she walked to school on essex drive tuesday, and when neighbors tried to help, he allegedly went after her too. i thought i was going to die, i was at the point of death, she tells me. she was punched in the eye and used a gun to hit her, holding her and the little girl at gunpoint, threatening to kill them. walter eventually took off with the girl. police say, he then sexually assaulted the child. still badly bruised, she told me tuesday, she wishes she could have done more. tonight, the police chiefpr sing her actions. >> she showed great courage, greatcharacter, and great compassion, and i don't have anything but praise for her.r: >> reporhe police chief made that visit to her home within the past hour. as we were covering the intense

search yesterday and thema ul capture of walter, we wondered, how did they track hio ? well, police sources are filling mewa in, and i'l you through a at 6:00. live here in woodbridge, news 4. >> all right, vid, thank you. doug joining us now, hurricane michael on the move, still a category 3, and this thing is making history. you found out some more stuff? >> yeah. already the strongest storm to hit the frida panhandle, strongest storm to hit the united states in the month of october, and now it looks like it's the strongest storm, o of the strongest, to hit the state of georgia. this will be the first time i hs be by a major hurricane, category 3 or higher, since the 1800s, guys, jus amazing what's been going on down there. live pictures,ou can see the damage in the devastation here, still water out there on the roads blocking roadways, you got the debris in the roadways as well. that's going to be an area that is going to be cleaning up for quite some time, and now, unfortunately, michael is moving

to an are that is almost, has been cleaning up for weeks, and that, of course, the carolinas. moving into georgia right now, though. there's the eye. t,oming in just a little there's the eye moving towards the border of alabama, georgia, and florida. righ there, and then moving into southern portions of georgia, still 1 miles per ur winds moving north/northeast at 125 miles per hour. still a cat 3. quickly dying, though, becoming a tropical storm, 70 w in macon, georgia, that's unprecedented for there too. into the carsinas a a storm with 45 miles per hour winds. watch this, 45 miles per hour in carolina, but ocean city, up to 60 miles per hour, and you say, wait, is the storm strengthening? no. it's interactingd with a c front and driving in some of that cooler air from the backside, and you start to go more of a sub-tropical system, and that drives in winds. could see strong gusts in parts of our area over the next couple days. that's why we have tropicang storm war through the carolinas up towards the

virginia border here, and you could see that extended. high wind warnings are in effect as well for 50 to 60 miles per hour, hurricane warnings ina geortoo. hurricane into georgia. winds of 60 to 100 miles per hour, that means trees down everywhere across the area, 60 miles per hour winds could go as far as the virginia beach area. sw, here's therm here. just south ofyo atlanta. u see the extremely strong hey rain there. the entire state just about of georgia under a tornado watch. there's the storm, the eye of the storm, a there'salabama, just south and east, making its way into georgia right now, and eventually, moving our way. for us, we have showers now, but we're going to get a lot more by tomo tow. i want te you hour by hour here. 8:00 a.m., we got the shower activity around thearea, around 95. take the umbrella tomorrow. at 11:00, showers and downpoursa 4:00 then we start to really get the interaction between the cold front and michael, itself. watch what happens here around 6:00.

see that right there? that's the cold front picking up the moisture from ichael a really putting a hurting on places like baltimore, d.c., and areas south, southern portions of maryland are going to get it. look at this, seeing very heavy rain at 11:00 tomorro night. there is a flash flood watch, not d.c., but south and east. st. marys unt, charles, to the stafford county, and the northern neck, and all of the peninsula. if you have plans to go out tomorrow, don't cancel them. this is not going to be a major impactful event for us. a lot of people asking me, i'm don't.d, guys, it's not a big factor for us. ds, it's going to bring us rain. lt with rainy days. yes, it brings some winds, 20-30, but that's it around the d.c. metro area and points north and west. bigger deal is falling temperatures friday. much cooler throughout the weekend, 62 for a high, overnight lows in the 40s ontu ay and sunday. waking up to really cool numbers

saturday and sunday mornin and we stay cool. you know, i hope you can get out the jackets, the coats, sweaters, and the boots this weekend because you'll need themall next week too. >> we'll d>>it, thank you. > arrested for eating on the metro, well, now the agency is consnering a big change whe it comes to food, but does it mean the rules are changing? a consumer alert for thousandof car owners in our area. susan hogan is on the dealerships tha are accused of se ring fakealls in effort se ring fakealls in effort to get you in the door i'm jennifer wexton, and i approve this message. seen barbara comstock's fake ad? jennifer wexton backed a deal leading to massive tolls on 66. nonsense. jennifer wexton fought the tolls on 66. and let's call this plan wh it is, the way that it's been rolled out. it's highway robbery. there's also healthcare robbery. barbara comstock voted to sab mage the healthcarearket, hiking premiums up to 64%.

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impacting thousands of car owners in our gion. local dealerships are accused of sending out fake recall tices. >> outrageous, susan hogan is at the live desk with the detaile. it's also l, i'm assuming? >> it is. so three passport auto dealerships in maryland and virginia settl claims with the federal trade commission they misled c notices.ith recall

pa passport a toyota and nissan a part of the settlement. the dealerships sent these out to21,000 fake recall notices like these to consumers in 2015 and 2017 to lure in consumers to their businesses. a court order now bans them from futureti dec practices. in a statement to news 4, passport auto says it only sent the notices because having serious problems identifying and fixing openre lls. they also say it was not their intention to .slead anyo we're working for you with what you need to do if youre receivea ll notice. first of all, take a real close look at it. if it tells you to go to a specific dealership, that's a red flag. confirou that vehicle is recalled on the safercar.gov, and if you do receive a fake notice, both the ft and shtsa want to hear from you. they admitted to no wrong doing

in part of the settlement. back to you. >> thank you for>>that. > you know, you can't eat and drink when riding metro, but ye may soon able to buy food while in the station. our transportation reporter is going to explain how that is going to work. >> for those of you joining us at 5:30, an update on hurricane michael and the storm's damaging tek acrosshe florida timrefor the ross fall dss event. yeah? so you can find a party dress at a price yeah. that makes you want to celebrate. find the perfect dress for every ocsion. it feels even better when you find it for less at the ross fall dress event. yes for less.

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this something i'm seeing all over the panama city area. numerous buildings destroyed from the storm that came on through here, around the panama city area. there's been devastating pictures fm mexico beach down to the south and east of that area as well. this is a scene that's going to be taking place all through the florida panhandle and into georgia and the carolinas, and this storm is making its way, our way, going to move offshore to virginia beach. as it does so, there's heavy rain and winds here as well. the further east you are, better chance you see both of those. we'll update you on local impacts in 1minutes with uren and what to expect locally where you live. >> we want to know, thank >>you. as doug mentioned, panama city is 23 miles away from where hurricane michael landed today, and that's where laura rodriguez is riding out the storm. >> reporter: hurricane michael is packing a powerful punch.

there's strong windswl and a g wind you hear through the corridor of the hotel. power's already out at our hotel and throughout much of the area here, conditions have definitely deteriorated as michael its way in. fast moving and powerful, hurricane michael has made its presence known i panama city. as the storm barrels across the panhandle, thoseho chose to stay hope for the best. >> we hope we get through it safelynd that goesor the whole area. everybody take care. >> reporter: this couple tied the boat at the marina minutesb re the strong winds picked up. >> very concerned. that boat is l ourey prett much, and if we lose it, we lose our life. >> reporter: ray and jenyy were hurricane opal and dennis and are in a hotel rather than riding it out at home this time. >> water came up and ruined a lot of things and a lot of people's houses. >> reporter: did it ruin your home? >> no, no, just the floor.

>> reporter: governor scott called w michael thest storm to hit the coastal area in 100 years. a major concern for panama city beach? storm surge. possibly reaching 8 to 12 feet. >> we sure areow batoning the hatches and hoping for the best. >> reporter:?si a m category 4 storm, incredible to see how quickly the storm has intensified over the lasts.ew ho we will continue to monitor this situation and make sure t foll nbc on air and online. reporting in pama city, laura rod regeez, nbc news. new damage video from florida's gf coast in the wake of hurricane michael. >> wow. >> we'll keep you updated on where it's going and what it left behind throughout news 4 with teamt coverage the top of the hour. just utter devastation. >> it does look like a tornado went through there. this is the typede of m that prompts pat collins to ask, what do you make of this?

a man is stabbed to death sitting in his truck, simply stopped at a gas station. this was last night on minnesota avenue. today, we're learning that there's been anrrt. pat collins is live in the district after talking to the victim's family today, pat? >> reporter: wendy, murder minnesota avenue, a man goes to a gas station, loses his life, loses his truck. stick around. this has a surprise ending. kurtis was 53 years old, in the home improvement business until arthritis got the best of him and he became partially disabled. he was known as curtesy driver in the neighborhood, and he had a bighite pickuptruck, if packages hrived, he the truck. raining outside, need to get him? there. was don't take my word for it.

listen now to his sister. >> need a ride? that was curtis. you know, he had whatever else was going on, my brother had a brave heart. >> reporter: last night, curtis came to thenas station minnesota avenue. he does everything you're supposed to do when you go to at gas station a night. he parks under the big bright ts ligh. close to the door of the food mart. he goes inside, gets a beverage, s truck where he's stabbed and stabbed again. curtisen barna up dead on the pavement, and the suspect ends up driving off in curtis's big white pickup truck. >> you don't do t this nobody in our family. that person can burn in hell, and hopefully i'll meet him therhe >> reporter:urder caught on camera. a 42-year-old suspect picked up this morning when he came back to the scen it appears the suspect almost

ar>>sted himself. hat's correct. fe suspect returned to the area of not away from here where he was stopped by l enforcement members and taken back to the homicide where he h murder.ed w >> reporter: the white truck, lice still looking forat in northeast, pat collins, news 4. 700 blankets laid out meticulously o the national mall, a display calling attention to an issue affecting mi of women. storm team 4 tracking the aftermath of michael and the mage left behind after the mage left behind after the category in thei'm tim kaine.ked to keep all virginians safe. i helped lead efforts to grow our navy to 355 ships and increased troop pay. but corey stewart said this about that budget bill...ju stewart: it' an absolute nightmare and a disaster. i wish tt. president had vetoed that would hurt virginia and threaten our security.

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now that michaassed through florida, it's got eyes on georgia and much of the deep south. we'll talk about the impacts here because we're going to feel them towards the end of the week. doug and i have a forecast coming up. 50,000 women experience

severe complications from pregnancy every year. today, the march of dimes laid out 700 receiving blankets on the mall to represent the 700 women who die from those complications. part of an awareness campaign to elect candidates who support legislation to protect pregnant women. the ndmber, 700, that may sou small compared to the number of births each year, but the march of dimes said is actually the worst rate among any developed country. >> which makes this the most n ngerous country in the world, developed countrye world in which to deliver a baby, and in the wealthiest country in the world, in the united states of america, that just simply shouldn't be. >> thearch of dimes say the rate is b higher amongck women who are three times as likely to die from pregnancy related complications. well, food and metro just don't mix. we knew now metro may be getting into the food andeverage business.

no, the transit agency is not cooking for you, but they may allo now food retailers to set up shop in and around the stations. our transportation reporter reports it's all part of the plan tncrease revenue. >> should you be able to buy food and drinks on metro property? is it the right move for metro? >> probably not necessary. >> clearly, this puts riders at odds, but metro says it's way to use the property for additional sale. don't go packing a lunch just yet. >> oh, great, this means i can eat my banana? no, i can't? what about the przel? i can't do that. buy the chips, nope, can't do that, okay. surely i can drink my gatorade, can't do that. there's limitations. >> reporter: that's right. ouan't eat or drink on the system.

everything you could buy would be sealed, contained, or wrapped, andt would be sold outside of the paid area of metro. for example, metro has popup shops outside the station last summer. that would be key. riders packed food in. >> we ha the old story about the 11-year-old girl put in handcuffs forating french fries on the metro. so quite a contrast, quite a change. >> reporter: froerd for the record, she was 12, but people eat and drink on the system now, and some simply say this ifla happens, by the rules. >> i would like people to be -- have good manners if they did it. >> reporter: alonghe metro st , news 4. , hey, y know, there's some items that are bsh best to buy them in the month 6 october. mattresses, for example, deeply discounted. susan hogan is comingack to

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>> okay. all righty. so, where is it now? what's it going to be like when it goes throu georgia and comes up through the mainland? >> yeah, again, the big thing with georgia,he big thi through the carolinas is tree damage. right now,urricane warnings into the middle of georgia. looking at the numbers, this is the strongest hurricane t hit georgia since 1898. i mean, incredible, 120 years, not seen a category 3 hurricane. that's where it is right now, moving into southwest georgia. looking now at the maps where the storm is. first off, look at thisuya firestone te in panama city. this is not the beach. panama city beach, west of the area did not get into the eye wall, but this area of panama city was in the eye wall of the storm for a number of hours, and i have seen building after building looking just like this. that is definitely consistent with major hurricane damage, and they continue to see that storm making its way up towards the north. here it is here enoughing through the panhandle into georgia. look at the eye.

extremely well-defined, and, look it fills its in. what's that mean? that means the storm is weakening, and that is good news here, but, still, not weakening fast enough that getgia's not hard. here's the storm here. you can also see the eye filling in, again, not much in the eye, and then it fills in here and then notice, we got incredibly strong banding around the centes here, justth and east of dolton, moving into georgia, and the outer bands, which have tornados associated with them, tornado watches in effect for entire state of georgia. also, into parts of florida as well, and this whole system moving up towards the north. so georgia seeing itnow, middle georgia, and eventually into the kardss, and then our way. let's take a look the latest track as of the 5:00 advisory. now,nother one in about ten mibs, and i think this is going to go down to 100 miles per hour category 2 storm. that's how fast it weakened. hours ago, it was cat 4, and now i think it's 2 in the next advisory, moving north/northeast at 16 miles per ho, through georgia, through the carolinas as a tropical storm with

devastatin winds. again, 45 miles per hour winds moving at you at 20 miles per hour. t that's goi cause a lot of damage into the carolinas, a lot of power outages there, and then it's going to come up s justth and east of us. now, we don't get the direct impacts of it, but it interacts with a cold front, lauren and i looked at this all,day, laur big impacts in our area, and some of those, you know, involve wind and, of course, the heavy rain. >> absolutely. an i think theeavy rain really begins tomorrow afternoon. we may see a few showers before look at that, i lost the data, but here we go, 5:00, 00, there's the frontal system stretching in new york down to ethe east s of roanoke. this rain in virginia, down to north carolina. it does not need the rain after florence. here's michael right there, joining forces. this is tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, and then it pushes offshore. by the time we get into friday morning, it is out of here, but then we're left with the wind.

however, from the rain we're going to g out of it, mostly around an inch in our area, possibly up to 2 inches, but if you go closer to where michael's aded offshore, which doug showed you, right around virginia beach and north carolina area, that's where you see an uptick in the totals as we go through friday morning, even into southern maryland, off to the eastern shore, bethany, poibly 7 inches ofrain, and that's why we have flash flood watches for portions of th region. fredericksberg going through southern maryland and eastern shore,utost of us will just be about an inch of rain here in the area. we get into friday. friday overnight, thursday overnight into friday, that's when we see the winds pick up. they will be gusty winds through friday morning commute, and, in ct, ifou go south and southeast seagain, tinds pick up, and could gust up to 50 miles per hour by the time we head home friday, the winds t star calm down, and thursday overnight into friday, very gusty winds, but sunshine on friday, doug, and i wish we

could say the seam about the weekend, we have a little sun, and sprinkled satutoay, but not bad in terms of what we are seeing. >> i want to continue to t reiterat point. i got it on facebook, twitter, and calls to the studio today. this is not a major impactful storm for us. i don't want you to worry about it. tomorrow is just a rainy day across the area with temperatures in the 70s. the heaviest winds overnight torrow night into ear friday, and we dealt with winds upwards of 30 miles per hour. that not too strong, but, yes, we could see trees down, especially in parts of our southern viearng ea, but that's it. saturday.s i think the cold, the cooler air moving in is a bigger factor. saturday. 40s overnight saturday and sunday, chance of showers monday, and, guys, staying on the cool side now. i hope you got the sweaters and boots out, wend because you need them all next week. >> in the back of the car. >> boom. >> justi w for this. . all right, doug, thank you. the caps winning their first

ev stanley cup brought such excitement to our region, but you know who was not so stoked about it? the folks from avega, tonight, a shot at revenge for the goldensnooiknights. we are live ahead of the big ntgame tonight, yet, they payback. >> reporter: oh, yeah, jim, but get this, the caps tonight is their first game in five days, but because it is against the team they beat to win the stanley cup, the golden knights, there's no extra juice need for capitals, and you may mber the last time these two teamskmeplayed, in june, a historic night for the caps. game five of the stanley cup final, a in4-3 over vegas. disappointment and heart break for the golden knights, but long awaited joe for alex, hoisting the stanley cup, first ever cup in franchise history. fast forward to the paradce and you tion rally, lots of probably remember these moments.

t.j. on stage, chugging a beer through his jersey. the crowdoing wild to commemorate amazing moment. the fact they meet up tonight, budlight handed out these shirts so, you, to, can be like t.j. stanley cup on the front, but pull the shirt up to chug e be through, you to look like t.j., and i asked the folks in the green turtle, they will let people actually chug beers through their shirts. so theyht get a little wild in here. everyone trying to, you know, be likeu t.j., what do ink? >> oh, we got to get a couple of those. >> ionder if it helps filter out some of the carbs. i'll just eat tt way. that'll absorb everything that way. >> that's a great idea. >> that's a great idea. i lo

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state retirees won victory in court, blocking attempt by the statthat would end a prescription drug benefit, a move that could have cost thousands of dollars a year. >> it would have savedaryland 230 annually, but attorneys for the state say 40,000ul people have been affected, but just 7,000 would see reduced costs. >> news 4 spent the day in court speaking with retirees. >> the last 20 years, i was the administrative chief for the office of traffic and safer:. >> reporte retirees for the maryland ste government. i was an agent for 34 years. >> reporter: among the thousands fighting maryland to keep their drug prescription benefits after the state threatened to cancel recovering retirees eligible for medicare part d, a plan to expensive for most. >> there's a lot of drugs not covered under medicare part d.

>> reporr: why they took the fight to keep the prescription fight to the federal court. >> one year worth of prescription coverage. >> reporter: the employees brought e suit against the state spends $800 a year in deductbles, butnd medicare part d, that goes up to $11,000 year. today in court, maryland federal judge likened dropping the benefits to maryland putting employees out on the street, so to speak. >> the state hadbl done a hor thing to us, and it's veryin frustr >> reporter: maryland needs to cut the benefit to for the bond rating, saying cutting the benefit to the employees. >> it was the state for the benefit, lower salary, but great benefits. so that was one of my reasons for staying 31 years. >> reporter: the judgeth grante preliminary injunction. the state is going to have to contact its retirees to discuss

next best, but as it stands, they t can keepir prescription. benefits in green belt, news 4. now at 6:00, tracking hurricane michael moving across the southern united states. we have been watching live pictures of thi storm all day as the conditions have been changing. and right now, the storm i still very powerful and very dangerous with winds already proving catastrophic. michael made landfall as a category 4 storm with winds just 2 miles per hour shy of being a cat 5. this hurricane formed fast, and it's moving fast. >> there it goes. >> oh, wow, that storm approached the gulf coast with such strength this morning, those w planned toide it out changed minds and tried to evacuate. the fire department t toldm it was too late. the bridges were closed. they would have to shelter in place. this is theto strongestve